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David McCloskey

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

He's constantly sort of scratching his bald head, probably thinking, why in the hell is this guy asking me this question? I think... that the real mistake here that Clapper made was not answering the question in that way, because how could he have answered that responsibly in an open hearing? Yeah. It probably was not correcting the record afterward.

The Rest Is Classified
46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

He's constantly sort of scratching his bald head, probably thinking, why in the hell is this guy asking me this question? I think... that the real mistake here that Clapper made was not answering the question in that way, because how could he have answered that responsibly in an open hearing? Yeah. It probably was not correcting the record afterward.

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

Also, I'll note this Clapper testimony in the sort of Edward Snowden, you know, revisionist history of all of this. In the Snowden history, the Clapper testimony is this sort of turning point for him, right? Yeah. That brings us back to my Snowden deadly sins, right?

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

Also, I'll note this Clapper testimony in the sort of Edward Snowden, you know, revisionist history of all of this. In the Snowden history, the Clapper testimony is this sort of turning point for him, right? Yeah. That brings us back to my Snowden deadly sins, right?

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

Also, I'll note this Clapper testimony in the sort of Edward Snowden, you know, revisionist history of all of this. In the Snowden history, the Clapper testimony is this sort of turning point for him, right? Yeah. That brings us back to my Snowden deadly sins, right?

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

And if you recall from earlier episodes of the list, sin number two, impure motive, Snowden's bulk download started months prior to the Clapper testimony. But I agree with you that, and I think this is something that will be a thread connecting the rest of the episodes in our wonderful series on Snowden is, there is a

The Rest Is Classified
46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

And if you recall from earlier episodes of the list, sin number two, impure motive, Snowden's bulk download started months prior to the Clapper testimony. But I agree with you that, and I think this is something that will be a thread connecting the rest of the episodes in our wonderful series on Snowden is, there is a

The Rest Is Classified
46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

And if you recall from earlier episodes of the list, sin number two, impure motive, Snowden's bulk download started months prior to the Clapper testimony. But I agree with you that, and I think this is something that will be a thread connecting the rest of the episodes in our wonderful series on Snowden is, there is a

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

tremendous gap between the understanding of this program, I think, inside the upper reaches of Congress and the intelligence community in the White House, and what the American people think is happening. That's where this article is such a bombshell, because Americans prior to this, ordinary people, did not have an understanding that any of this was authorized. Exactly.

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

tremendous gap between the understanding of this program, I think, inside the upper reaches of Congress and the intelligence community in the White House, and what the American people think is happening. That's where this article is such a bombshell, because Americans prior to this, ordinary people, did not have an understanding that any of this was authorized. Exactly.

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

tremendous gap between the understanding of this program, I think, inside the upper reaches of Congress and the intelligence community in the White House, and what the American people think is happening. That's where this article is such a bombshell, because Americans prior to this, ordinary people, did not have an understanding that any of this was authorized. Exactly.

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

Well, and Prism is the codename for this program. And I think it is important, very important to note that this is targeting individuals the communications of foreign nationals. The intent behind this is for the United States government, for NSA to be able to query this database, essentially, and to be able to look at email, et cetera, of foreign nationals who are outside the United States. But

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

Well, and Prism is the codename for this program. And I think it is important, very important to note that this is targeting individuals the communications of foreign nationals. The intent behind this is for the United States government, for NSA to be able to query this database, essentially, and to be able to look at email, et cetera, of foreign nationals who are outside the United States. But

The Rest Is Classified
46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

Well, and Prism is the codename for this program. And I think it is important, very important to note that this is targeting individuals the communications of foreign nationals. The intent behind this is for the United States government, for NSA to be able to query this database, essentially, and to be able to look at email, et cetera, of foreign nationals who are outside the United States. But

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

As that's being collected, you're, of course, collecting the information of Americans at the same time, right? Who are sort of swept up in these searches. But you're not- They're not the target of it. They're not the target of it, right? It's sort of- almost being collected incidentally by the NSA.

The Rest Is Classified
46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

As that's being collected, you're, of course, collecting the information of Americans at the same time, right? Who are sort of swept up in these searches. But you're not- They're not the target of it. They're not the target of it, right? It's sort of- almost being collected incidentally by the NSA.

The Rest Is Classified
46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

As that's being collected, you're, of course, collecting the information of Americans at the same time, right? Who are sort of swept up in these searches. But you're not- They're not the target of it. They're not the target of it, right? It's sort of- almost being collected incidentally by the NSA.

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

It's got these logos. I would argue very easy to draw on. whatever conclusion you like from that slide deck.

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46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

It's got these logos. I would argue very easy to draw on. whatever conclusion you like from that slide deck.

The Rest Is Classified
46. The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

It's got these logos. I would argue very easy to draw on. whatever conclusion you like from that slide deck.